department of hydrology a unique school for hydrological

DEPARTMENT OF HYDROLOGY INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE

Department of Hydrology A Unique School for Hydrological Education in India

(Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee)

Dr D S Arya

Professor & Head Department of Hydrology,

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee - 247 667, I N D I A

e-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Tel: +91 1332 285370; Cell: +91 9412072400

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Location

• 180 km North of New Delhi

• Roorkee is the last

City in plain before the Himalayas

• Three campuses – Roorkee campus

(146 ha) – Saharanpur campus (10 ha) – Greater Noida

extension center (4 ha)


…a journey to IIT Roorkee

...an institute that started its journey for the development of water resources

• 500 km long Canal – (The longest at that time)

• 10 years time • First railway track in India

was laid


…a journey to IIT Roorkee • First Technical Institution

– In India, – In Asia, – Among the Commonwealth Countries – Second Engineering Institute in world

• Established as Roorkee College : 1847 • Re-named as Thomason College of Civil Engineering : 1854 • Thomason College of Engineering: 1947 • Converted to University of Roorkee: 1949

– Became first technical university of India

• Converted to IIT Roorkee : 2001


Academic Departments/Centres • Architecture &

Planning • Bio-technology • Chemical Engineering • Chemistry • Civil Engineering • Earth Sciences • Earthquake

Engineering • Electrical Engineering • Electronics &

Communication Engineering

• Computer Science and Engineering

• Humanities & Social Sciences

• Hydrology • Management Studies • Mathematics • Mechanical & Industrial

Engineering • Metallurgical &

Materials Engineering

• Pulp and Paper Technology

• Polymer and Process Engineering

• Applied Sciences and Engineering

• Physics • Water Resources

Development and Management

• Alternate Hydro Energy Centre • Centre of Excellence for Disaster

Mitigation & Management • Centre of Excellence for Transportation

Systems • Centre of Excellence for Nano

Technology • Institute Instrumentation Centre • Institute Computer Centre • Information Superhighway Centre • Continuing Education Centre • Educational Technology Cell


…some facts

Only at IIT Roorkee

• Undergraduate program in – Pulp and Paper

• Postgraduate programs in – Earthquake Engineering – Hydrology – Welding Engineering – Alternate Hydro Energy Centre – Water Resources Development &

Management – Pulp and Paper – Industrial Safety & Hazard Management – Conservation of Rivers and Lakes

Students Strength Total B.Tech / B. Arch./IDD 4295

Integrated M.Tech and M. Tech 1820

Ph.D 1646

TOTAL 7761

Faculty Strength 465

• Highest Density of Water Experts in India

• Largest strength of International students in the country

• So far 4000+ engineers have been trained from 50 countries in the field of Hydrology and Water Resources


~ VISION ~ To be the fountainhead of new ideas and

innovations in hydrology ~ MISSION ~

Capacity building through education and training, and conducting pioneering research to seek

scientific and engineering solutions in the field of hydrology


About the Department of Hydrology • In 1972, the Department of Hydrology (formerly known as School of

Hydrology) marked its beginning with the inception of the International Post-Graduate Course in Hydrology during UNESCO’s International Hydrology Decade.

• The courses offered by the Department are presently sponsored by the Government of India and international agencies like UNESCO, World Meteorological Organisation etc.

• Till date, a total of 928 participants including 340 foreign participants from 41 countries have participated in the Post-Graduate Programmes.

• This includes a 588 participants from 36 state and central government water resources departments, river authorities and research organisations.

• PG and M.Tech (Hydrology) are unique and only programmes of its kind in the country.

• The Department is the second degree awarding institution in the world.

• The Department of Hydrology has been recognized as one of the WMO Regional Training Centre (Flood Component) in 2015


Long-term Academic Programs

• M.Tech. (Hydrology) – 24 months academic programme

• Surface Water Hydrology • Ground Water Hydrology • Watershed Management

– First year is for course work – Second year is for seminar, project and dissertation works

• P.G. Diploma (Hydrology) – 12 months academic programme

• Ph.D. (Hydrology) – The Department is actively engaged in various research areas of

Hydrology.

Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Civil/Mechanical/Agricultural Engineering/ Hydrology or its equivalent qualification

OR M.Sc. (Master's) degree in Chemistry/Geology/Geophysics/Applied Geology/Applied Geophysics/Physics/Meteorology/Geography/Atmospheric Physics/Environmental Science/Mathematics/Statistics, with Mathematics in B.Sc. (Bachelor's) course as one of the subjects


Surface Water Hydrology

• Channel and fluvial hydraulics

• Deterministic hydrology

• Stochastic hydrology

• Surface water modeling and simulation

• Environmental planning and assessment of projects

• Hydrological data collection, processing and analysis

Groundwater Hydrology

• Groundwater hydrology

• Geophysical investigations

• Environmental quality

• Groundwater systems analysis

• Soil and groundwater contamination modelling

Watershed Management

• Hydrologic elements and analysis

• Watershed behavior and conservation practices

• Remote sensing and GIS applications

• Watershed modeling and simulation

• Irrigation and drainage engineering

Core Competences (20-24 Credits)


Supplementary/Optional Competences (20-22 Credits)

• Environmental quality lab • Experimental hydrology • Flood forecasting • Groundwater protection and regulation • Hydrogeology • Hydrogeology of hard rocks • Hydroinformatics • Hydrological data collection, processing and analysis • Hydrometeorology and climate change • Isotope hydrology • Multi-phase flow through porous media • Numerical methods in hydrology • Numerical methods in hydrology • Soft-computing techniques in hydrology • Urban hydrology • Vadose zone hydrology • Water resources economics • Water resources planning and Management


Admission Process

Fresh Graduate (15 Seats) • through GATE Exam • With fellowship

Indian Sponsored Candidate (15 Seats) • From various state organization

and water authorities

International Candidate (20 Seats) • Fellowship by Govt. of India

(Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Programme) {all expenses covered}

• WMO

• UNESCO

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Admission Information is Circulated through • Email • Posters • Facebook • Twitter • LinkedIn


Participation During 1972-2017: Total 928 S. No. Country Trainees S. No. Country Trainees 1. Afghanistan 18 22. Myanmar 14 2. Bangladesh 29 23. Nepal 54 3. Bhutan 2 24. Nigeria 6 4. China 4 25. Pakistan 1 5. D.P.R. Yemen 4 26. Palestine 1 6. D.R. Congo 3 27. Panama 1 7. Egypt 3 28. Paraguay 1 8. Eritrea 1 29. P.D.R. Laos 9 9. Ethiopia 14 30. Philippines 16 10 Ghana 3 31. Rwanda 1 11. Guyana 1 32. Sierra Leon 2 12. India 588 33. Somalia 1 13. Indonesia 32 34. Sri Lanka 14 14. Iran 14 35. Sudan 23 15. Iraq 10 36. Syria 6 16. Jordan 1 37. Tanzania 12 17. Kazakhstan 3 38. Thailand 4 18. Malaysia 2 39. Uganda 2 19. Mauritius 1 40. Uzbekistan 1 20. Mongolia 7 41. Vietnam 18 21. Morocco 1


National Participation (1972-2017): Total 588 S. No.

Indian State / Organization Trainees S. No.

Indian State / Organization Trainees

1. Assam 53 19. Maharashtra 20 2. Andhra Pradesh 15 20. Manipur 1 3. Arunachal Pradesh 6 21. Meghalaya 1 4. Bihar 22 22. Ministry of Agriculture 1 5. CSWCRTI 2 23. Mizoram 3 6. Central Water Commission 25 24. Municipal Corp. of Delhi 1

7. Central Ground Water Board 12 25. National Institute of

Hydrology 9

8. CWPRS 11 26. NWDA 3

9. Damodar Valley Corporation 6 27. Odisha 77

10. Fresh graduates (GATE) 149 28. Punjab 1 11. Goa 4 29. QIP 1 12. Gujarat 20 30. Rajasthan 1 13. Haryana 4 31. Tamil Nadu 2 14. Himachal Pradesh 4 32. THDC 3 15. Jammu & Kashmir 11 33. Tripura 2 16. Karnataka 24 34. Uttar Pradesh 23 17. Kerala 6 35. Uttarakhand 1 18. Madhya Pradesh 27 36. West Bengal 37


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Competency-oriented Short-term Programs

– Conducted 60+ programs – It includes more than 10+ international programs

• Refresher Course for Asia region jointly with UNESCO-IHE • For RA-II with WMO Support • Bangladesh • Sri Lanka • Nepal • For African Countries supported by Govt. of India (upcoming on Water Resources Management; Jan 7-27, 2018)


Flood Forecasting and Warning (26 October to 1 November 2015)

• To to refresh and enhance the skills in the area of Flood Forecasting and Warning within the framework of WMO Manual on Flood Forecasting and Warning (WMO-N° 1072)

• 21 participants from 8 countries • Major Components

– Classroom lectures – Demonstration – Field visit


Flood Forecasting and Warning (26 October to 1 November 2015)


New Competencies vis-a-vis Skill requirement

• Study of urban heat island (urban hydrological process) – A Indo-UK programme is approved involving 2 IITs, 1 CSIR lab & NCMRWF, and University of

Bath and UKMO

• Urban Floods under the climate change scenario – A national network programme is formulated – Rainfall intensity actuated system is envisaged for extreme events

• Spatio-temporal Analysis of hydrometeorological data – Focuses on Open data sources – Use of reanalysis data and projected data in flood and drought prediction

• Dam Rehabilitation – Revisiting the hydrological design of Dams – Govt. of India has provided USD 1.5 million funds for capacity building

• Isotope Hydrology – With special reference to groundwater recharge

• Groundwater contamination and transportation


Feedback from Participants for new Competences

• Modular structure • Flexible structure • Credit-based earning of competencies • Longer duration • Newer technologies and tools • Online and offline availability • Leading to award of academic degree based on

the credits earned


…way ahead Looking for strategic international partners in the area of hydrology for

– Collaborative research – Capacity building through

• short-term competency-oriented programmes • long-term credit-based training programmes

– Joint research projects – Student-faculty exchange – Regular faculty (short by 100+ ) – International visiting faculty (to a maximum of 5 years) – Partners for organizing activities for 50th year

celebration in 2022 at Roorkee


International Collaborations

The Department is also the coordinator (IITs) for African Centers of Excellences

(ACEs) for Water and Infrastructure


National Collaborations

All State and Union Water Resources and Hydrology

Departments


T H A N K Y O U !

department of hydrology a unique school for hydrological

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